Antifriction-bearing.



C. 0. JOHNSON. ANTIPBIGTION BEABINGr'.- `APPLmn'Ion mmm mm: ao, 1909.

f apertures in the tie bars.

CHARLES O. JOHNSON, OF BOSTON, .'MSSACHUSETS.

ANTIFRITIONBEARING2 renacer.,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES 0. JOHNSON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Boston, county of Suffolk, and State of h'lassachusetts, have invented an Improvement in Antifriction-Bearings, of which the .tol lowing' description, in connection with the accompanying dra-wing, is a specification, like characters on the drawing representing like parts.`

rlhis invention relates to anti-friction bearings and is in the nature of an improvenient on the anti-friction bearing shown in my Patent No. 861,592, dated July 30, 1907. The device shown in said patent comprises a cage adapted to surround the axle and comprising two rings, each provided with hall-receiving apertures, bearing rollers inserted between said rings and provided with recesses in their ends, and balls received in the apertures in said rings and also received in the recesses in the ends of the bearing rollers, said .balls acting to resist end-thrust, and also constituting the means for retaining the bearing rollers in place. Said device also comprises a plurality of spacing rollers Jfor spacing the bearing rollers, which spacing rollers are mounted on the tie rods that connect the rings of the cage.

lfn my present impr vement, l employ the cage comprising the two rings between which the bearing rollers are received, each bearing roller being cupped at its ends, and

l also provide a plurality of balls which are received. in openings through the rings and which, set into the recesses in the ends oi the rolls, all as described in said patent. ln my Yiresent invention, however, l provide each ring with a. ball-receiving groove in its outer side face, and l place in such groove a plurality of balls which bear againstthe end face of the housing. vAnd I also space and aline the bearing rollers by means oli' spacing balls that are retained in In my present improvement l have, therefore, a series of balls for holding the bearing rollers in place and providing end-thrust bearing therefor, a series ot balls to take the end-thrust, and another series of balls to separate and aline the load-carrying or bearing rollers.

i Referring now to the drawings wherein lf have illustrated a selected embodiment of my' invention, Figure l shows a hub of a wheel having my anti-friction bearing therein; Fig 2 is an end view of the bear- Specification of Letters Patent.

Application 'filed June 30, 1909.

Patented ct. 3,` figli. serial No. 505,130.

ing; Fig. 3 is a section through the bearing on the line www, F ig. 1; Fig. 4 is a section on the line y--y, Fig. 3; F ig. 5 is a detail view showing one of the 'tie-bars that connect the two rings of the cage together.

For the salte of illustration, the invention is shown as embodied in the hub of a wheel, but it will be obvious, of course, that the bearing is capable of a. general use and is not confined to wheel hubs.

ln the drawings, 3 designates the axle and 4 the hub of the wheel. I have shown said hub as provided with two bearings, one at each end, but as both bearings are alike, a description of one will suffice.' c

The bearing rollers of my improved bean ing are shown at 5 and they are sustained by a cage which is formed with the two rings G that are rigidly secured together by the tiebars 7. Each ring 6 is provided with a ballreceiving groove 8 in its outer face in which groove is received a plurality of balls 9 that are adapted to take the end-thrust, the outer edge of the walls of the groove preferably being spun over as at l0, so as to forni lips for holding the balls 9 in place. Each ring 6 is also provided with a plurality of ballreceiving openings 12 in which are received balls l3 that are designed to reta-in the bearing rolls 5 in place and to furnish end thrust bearings therefor. For this purpose each of the rollers 5 is provided at its endl with a recess to partially receive the ball 13, as clearly seen in F ig. l. Since the tie-bars 7 rigidly connect the two rings 6, it will be seen that the balls 13 act as trunnions for the bearing rolls 5 and not only serve to hold said rollers in position, but also constitute end-thrust bearings therefor. The tiebars 7 may be of any suitable shape and may be secured to the rings in any appropriate way. I have shown herein each tie-bar as provided with the tenon portions 14 which are received in apertures in the rings 6, said tenon portions or projections being headed over so as to rigidly connect the rings. A steel washer 1l is placed in the bottom of each groove 8 to cover the headed ends o the tenons 14: and also to separate the balls 9 from the balls 13. The tie-bars 7 are shown as provided with ball-receiving apertures l5 in which are received spacing balls 16. There may be as many spacing balls in' each tie-bar as desired according to thev length of said tie-bar and thesizey y of the bearing. .lf have herein Shown twov such spacing hallsV keep them in alinement and properly space the saine, and also to constitute anti-friction separators therefor. The balls 9 bear against the end Walls 17, which in this case are a Washer on the aXleon one end and the nut on the other end.

From the above it will be seen that in my present embodiment, there is one series of balls to support the bearing; rollers and another series of balls to take the end-thrust,

and also that the bearing rollers are held. parallel and spaced by means of balls which are received in apertures formed in the tie# bars. l p

Having fully described my invention, what l claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patentis l. In an anti- 'i'ction bearing, the combination with an axle, of a cage surrounding the axle and comprising two connected rings each having a ball-receiving groove in its outer side face and each having ball-reeeivl ing openings through the inner Wall, a Washer in the bottom of each groove.l bearing rollers situated between the rings and provided with recesses in their ends, balls received partially in the openings in the rings and partially in the recesses in the ends of the bearing rollers, and a series oi balls in the ball-receiving groove in the outer side face of each rin.

2. In an ,anti-friction*bearing, the combination with an axle, of a cage surrounding vthe axle and comprising rtwo rings each/having a ball-receiving groove iniits outer side face andeach having a plurality of ballreceiving openings through its inner Wall, bearing' rollers situated bete/'een the rings and having recesses inhtheir end faces, balls received partially lin the recesses in the rollers and partial@r ,in thecpenings in the ring,

vtie-bars rigidly l'eonnectng the rings and provided with ballieceiving openings, spacing balls occupying said openings and situated between and spacing and alunng the rollers situated between the rings and. provided with recesses in their ends, a series of balle received partiallj7 in the openings in the rings and, partially in the recesses in the ends or' the bearing' rollers, a scrieslof balls in the ball-receiving groove in the outer side face of each ring and a separating member between the two series of balls.

4. In an anti-friction.beni-ing, the co1nbination with an axle, of a cage surrounding the axle and comprising two rings cach having a ball-receiving groove in its outersidc face and each having a lilurality of ballreceiving openings through its inner wall, bearing rollers situated between. the rings and having recesses in their end faces, bulls received partially in the recesses in the rollers and partially in the openings in the ring. tie-bars rigidly connecting the rings and provided With ballfreceiving openings, space ing balls oecupying'saicl openings and having their centers in a circle of less radius than the circle in which the centers of the end spacing bulls lie, a series of balls in the grooverin each ring, and a washer in the bottom of each groove for separating the balls therein from theballs in the bull-re` ceiving recesses in the ring,

lnV testimony whereof, l have signed my naine to this specification, in the presence of two, sixbscribing Witnesses.

CHARLES O. JOHNSON.

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